Australia's deadliest creatures

The inland taipan snake has enough venom to kill 100 men – but they live so
remotely, and are so shy, that humans are very unlikely to see one.
According to Australian Geographic magazine, bandage pressure and
immobilisation can buy victims a few hours in which to find help, although
if poorly managed, a bite can lead to death in 45 minutes. Police
investigated how a boy came into contact with a specimen last year, after he
survived a bite in a coastal region where the “fierce snake”, as it is also
known, is not normally found.

Am I likely to meet one?

Steve Backshall: “You will not encounter the world's most venomous snake! They
live in the dead red centre of the country and are rarely seen above ground.
It took me three days of concentrated searching sleeping out in the desert
to find one.”